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Tristan Kirk

Disaster plans in place for courts to handle extreme weather including heavy snow and storms

The Supreme Court was closed to visitors in July due to the heatwave

(Picture: PA)

Disaster plans have been drawn up for Britain’s courts to cope with extreme weather such as heavy snow, heatwaves and flooding as well as the possibility of widespread power cuts.

Court buildings could be shut down and non-essential hearings cancelled in the face of ‘red warnings’ from the Met Office, if travel chaos and national power outages are predicted.

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